3614 Hamilton Street

The History of the Building

3612-14: “Circa 1870, two-and-one-half story Second Empire style brick double with side and front Victorian porches. Second floor projecting bays. Slate shingled mansard with two dormers.”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

Previous Residents of 3614 Hamilton Street

1870:

William [W.] Allen 35 Insurance agent; real estate: $4,000; personal: $2,000

Elizabeth G. Allen 35

Mary Allen 8

John Allen 3

Barbara Bickley 18 Parents foreign-born

(ED 77, 15; 2^nd enum., p 21)

The 1867 directory lists him living at 609 N. 17^th St. He had an insurance office at 409 Walnut St. He was a partner of Joseph Tillinghast. The partnership was dissolved in 1868 (Phila. Inquirer, Jan. 2, 1868)

The 1880 census and the 1889 Directory list them at 3602 Hamilton St. In 1900, William was living at 3417 Hamilton St. with his second wife, Annie. In 1906 and 1910, they were living at 3419 Hamilton St. John had joined his father in the insurance company by 1889 (about age 21) and in 1889-’90 moved to 4330 Wallace.

“ALLEN, William Williams: Insurance agent: born in Philadelphia. He served through the Civil War with a distinguished record, and afterward engaged in the fire insurance business in Philadelphia…. Col. Allen formerly commanded the Volunteer Corps of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, and he is prominent in Grand Army circles. He is also a high Mason and Knight Templar, and one of the leaders in Masonic affairs in Philadelphia.” (Who's Who in Pennsylvania, 1908)

In 1873, he participated in the laying of the cornerstone for the First Presbyterian Church of Mantua which was renamed the Northminster Presbyterian.

1880:

Grey Roberts 84 Retired merchant

Hannah F Roberts 51 Wife

Susan Thomas 46 Housekeeper; single

Martha Johnson 40 Boarder; widowed

Mary Johnson 12 Boarder

(ED 487, 23)

1887: “a meeting of the [Philadelphia] Quarterly [Quaker] Meeting’s Committee on Temperance and Intoxicating Beverages...” Hannah F. Roberts, 3614 Hamilton”

(Friends’ Intelligencer and Journal, June 1887, p 378. Google books.)

1887: Executive Committee: HANNAH F. ROBERTS 3614 Hamilton St., Phila., Pa.

("The Peacemaker and court of arbitration;" June, 1887. Universal Peace Union, 402-4-8 Race St. Phila.)

http://www.archive.org/stream/peacemakercourto00philrich/peacemakercourto00philrich_djvu.txt)

1899: Emlin Painter Darlington, [home:] West Chester, [residence:] 3614 Hamilton St.

(Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. 1899.)

1898 Blue Book: B. F. Devitt was a member of the Powelton Club. (For a brief history of the club, see the Powelton History Blog.)

1900:

Hannah A. Jenkins 37 Single; Father born in Del.; renting

Helen Woodruff 79 Boarder; Single; born in N.J., father in N.J., mother in Pa.

Pauline Mitchell 40 Boarder; professional nurse; single; parents born in Ireland

Benjamin F. Devitt 30 Boarder; single; flour dealer; born in Canada

Cyrus H. Mellinger 34 Boarder; train dispatcher; widowed

(ED 543, 9B)

1906 Blue Book: Guy Roberts

1906: “MUSIC AND ART GRADUATES AND NONGRADUATES...

art ‘85-‘86: Paschall Ann Dixon 3614 Hamilton St.”

(Catalog of Officers, Graduates and Nongraduates of Smith College. Northampton, Mass. 1875-1905.)

1910:

Lidia J. Bender 58 Widowed, no children

Amelia L. Zerringer 59 Widowed, four children

Walter K. Zerringer 23 Single; telegrapher in broker’s office

J. Dale Penrod 18 Nephew; real estate salesman; Single; born in Arizona, father in Pa., mother in N.J.

Margarette M Dunham 45 Boarder; school teacher; single; born in Md.

Mary J. Thoroughgood 48 Boarder; bookkeeper for millenary business; born in Md., father in Del., mother in Md.; single

Esther B. Porter 45 Boarder; born in Md.; single

(ED 492, 3B-4A)

1914: “Cline, Mary Sylvester, 1917, Care of Albert r. Cline, Esq., 3614 Hamilton Street, Philadelphia Pa.”

(Present Undergraduate Students.” Bryn Mawr College Calendar)

1920:

John G. Macky 64 Corporate accountant; parents born in Ireland

Lizzie H. Macky 64

Helen H. Macky 39 Daughter; single

Lucy M. Butler 35 Daughter; married

John B. Butler 11 mos. Grandson; father born in Conn.

(ED 686, 4B)

1930:

Arthur C. Hamilton 58 Translator for locomotive maker; born in Scotland, immigrated 1896; renting for $55 per month

Susanne Hamilton 54 Born in Irish Free State, immigrated 1901

Albert W. Hamilton 17

Stanley M. Hamilton 14

Violet S. Hamilton 10

(ED 398, 8A)

In 1920, they lived at 917 N. 66^th St. He was a locomotive salesman.

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